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Starling Bank rolls out 3D Secure

The online authentication tool requires account holders to complete an authentication process for some purchases.

For the authentication, Starling has decided to use one-time passwords. These will be sent to the user’s phone via SMS. One code will be sent for each purchase and static passwords will be left behind.

A blog on Starling’s website stated: “For certain transactions, we want to make sure that the person making the purchase is the account holder. One way to do this is to make the account holder provide information that only they would know, for example, codes sent to the phone number linked to your Starling bank account.

“A few websites require banks to support 3D Secure, and rightly so. This is all about making payments more secure for customers. That’s why we’re working hard to roll out this security feature out to all our customers.”

There is no charge for the one-time password texts and no changes to how the card is used elsewhere. 3D Secure will be rolled out to all Starling customers over the coming weeks.

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